Senior ScienceLogic Skylar 1SL1 Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Senior ScienceLogic Skylar 1/SL1 Engineer to design deploy configure and transition to operations an enterprise ScienceLogic SL1 monitoring solution supporting a distributed classified Department of Defense (DoD) environment.

The successful candidate will serve as a primary technical engineer for implementation of the Skylar 1 (formerly SL1) platform including deployment of the core Skylar 1/database infrastructure within a Microsoft Azure cloud environment and distributed Skylar 1 Data Collectors across multiple geographically separated sites.

This position requires strong ScienceLogic engineering experience combined with knowledge of Azure infrastructure enterprise networking Windows and Linux systems cybersecurity and monitoring architecture. The engineer will work closely with cloud network cybersecurity systems engineering and site operations teams to establish secure connectivity between the centralized SL1 platform and distributed monitored environments.

The engineer will support the solution through design implementation testing accreditation deployment documentation and transition to steady-state operations.

Clearance Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active Secret clearance required with eligibility to obtain the level of access required for the classified environment.
• Must meet applicable DoD cybersecurity workforce qualification requirements for the position.

Primary Responsibilities

ScienceLogic Skylar 1 Architecture and Deployment

• Design engineer deploy configure and document an enterprise ScienceLogic Skylar 1 architecture supporting a classified geographically distributed environment.
• Implement and configure Skylar 1 core platform components within Microsoft Azure including database administration monitoring and supporting platform services.
• Design and deploy distributed Skylar 1 Data Collectors across multiple remote sites and network enclaves.
• Develop collector placement and sizing strategies based on device population network topology bandwidth latency security boundaries and availability requirements.
• Configure secure communications between distributed collectors and centralized Skylar 1 platform components.
• Configure Skylar 1 discovery processes and onboard network devices servers virtual infrastructure applications and other enterprise technology components.
• Configure and maintain ScienceLogic PowerPacks Dynamic Applications device classes credentials monitoring policies thresholds events dashboards and reports.
• Develop customized monitoring alerting dashboards and reporting to meet operational and cybersecurity requirements.
• Establish appropriate monitoring thresholds and key performance indicators (KPIs) for enterprise infrastructure.
• Support Skylar 1 software installation upgrades patches migrations backup recovery and lifecycle management.
• Perform capacity planning and performance tuning of SL1 platform components.

Azure and Cloud Integration

• Work with Azure engineering teams to design and deploy Skylar 1 infrastructure within the approved classified Azure environment.
• Evaluate availability resiliency backup recovery and disaster recovery requirements for the SL1 platform.
• Support integration of Skylar 1 with Azure-hosted and on-premises infrastructure.

Enterprise Monitoring and Integration

• Configure monitoring using appropriate protocols and technologies including SNMPv3 ICMP HTTPS/API SSH WMI/WinRM and other approved mechanisms.
• Coordinate with network and cybersecurity teams to establish required firewall rules routing ACLs service accounts certificates and communications paths.
• Integrate Skylar 1 with enterprise IT service management SIEM automation notification and reporting platforms as required.
• Assist with the development of dashboards and reports supporting NOC SOC engineering management and customer requirements.

Documentation Responsibilities

Develop and maintain engineering and operational documentation including:

• Skylar 1 system architecture diagrams
• Azure deployment architecture
• Data Collector architecture and site mappings
• Network and data-flow diagrams
• Port protocol and firewall requirements
• Installation and configuration procedures
• Discovery and device onboarding procedures
• Monitoring standards and threshold definitions
• PowerPack and Dynamic Application configurations
• Backup and recovery procedures
• Disaster recovery procedures
• System administration procedures
• Troubleshooting guides
• Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• System Security Plan/RMF supporting artifacts
• As-built documentation
• Operations transition documentation

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering Cybersecurity or related technical discipline with 12 years of relevant experience. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 3 years of hands-on ScienceLogic Skylar 1/SL1 engineering or administration experience including deployment and configuration of SL1 platform components.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and administering ScienceLogic Data Collectors in distributed enterprise environments.
• Experience with Skylar 1/SL1 device discovery PowerPacks Dynamic Applications monitoring policies thresholds events dashboards and reporting.
• Experience troubleshooting ScienceLogic platform collector database discovery and communications issues.
• Experience supporting large enterprise infrastructure monitoring environments.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure infrastructure including virtual machines networking storage security controls and identity.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts including TCP/IP routing DNS firewalls VLANs network segmentation ports protocols and access control.
• Experience with monitoring technologies and protocols such as SNMPv3 ICMP REST APIs HTTPS SSH WMI/WinRM and Syslog.
• System Admin experience with both Linux and Windows Server operating systems.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity hardening vulnerability remediation and DISA STIG implementation.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to isolate problems spanning application database operating system cloud and network layers.
• Ability to develop detailed engineering documentation implementation procedures diagrams and operational documentation.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to engineering teams cybersecurity personnel program leadership and government customers.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Ability to work at Ft. Meade as a primary work site
• Ability to travel to customer and remote sites as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of ScienceLogic Skylar 1 /SL1 experience in large enterprise environments.
• Experience designing or deploying ScienceLogic in environments containing multiple geographically distributed Data Collectors.
• Experience implementing Skylar 1 within Azure or another cloud environment.
• Experience supporting Azure Government or classified Azure environments.
• Experience with ScienceLogic architecture database sizing capacity planning high availability backup and disaster recovery.
• Experience creating or modifying ScienceLogic PowerPacks and Dynamic Applications.
• Experience with Python PowerShell REST APIs Ansible or other infrastructure automation technologies.
• Experience integrating SL1 with ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow.
• Experience integrating monitoring platforms with SIEM solutions such as Splunk.
• Experience monitoring Palo Alto Cisco Nutanix Microsoft Red Hat storage virtualization and other enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Experience with DoD RMF eMASS DISA STIGs and continuous monitoring.
• Experience developing engineering implementation plans test plans SOPs runbooks and as-built documentation.
• Experience working within DoD or other classified government environments.

Desired Certifications

Relevant certifications may include:

• ScienceLogic Certified Professional ScienceLogic Certified Expert or other current equivalent ScienceLogic SL1 certification
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• CompTIA Security
• CompTIA Network
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
• Cisco CCNA or CCNP Enterprise
• ITIL Foundation

Key Success Factors

The ideal candidate is not simply an SL1 console administrator. The position requires an engineer capable of building the monitoring platform from the ground up understanding how SL1 components communicate across a segmented classified network working with Azure and network engineering teams to establish the required infrastructure and delivering a secure supportable platform that can be transitioned to operations.

The successful engineer will be comfortable troubleshooting issues across SL1 Azure Linux Windows databases routing firewalls authentication certificates APIs and monitoring protocols rather than treating SL1 as an isolated application.

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